Castle Park Bandstand, 17 May 2025
Colchester-based orchestra combining elements of a traditional big band with modern electronics
The band formed in 2022, when we got talking about the idea of big bands. The idea was to bring the concept of the 'Big Band' into the 21st Century, using ideas normally found in the pop music world.
As well as the traditional band, with traditional instruments, for arrangements that need even more, technology is used to provide anything from strings to percussion (and even a lion roar in one arrangement - see if you can spot that!) in a seamless mix of brass, wood, warm air and some technology called Ableton Live.
This allows the band to manage all sorts of tracks, from all sorts of eras, all while maintaining a sounds and feel which suits all ages, and all ears.
Plus, for the moment at least, not a hint of Glenn Miller...
A Victorian bandstand used through the summer by traditional silver bands and more contemporary artists.
Colchester Castle Park, Colchester, CO1 1UN
01206 282 962 / parks@colchester.gov.uk